Application Specific Certificate Management

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory store;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory store, wherein the processor is configured to:
• generate a security certificate comprising a public key and a private key;
• store the public key in a shared segment of the memory store;
• retrieve a signed version of the public key from the shared segment of the memory store;
• retrieve a plurality of resources encrypted according to the public key;
• and
• decrypt the plurality of encrypted resources according to the private key.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program code that, when executed, performs stages comprising:

• generating a security certificate comprising a public key and a first private key;
• storing the public key in a shared segment of a memory store;
• retrieving a second private key from the shared segment of the memory store, wherein the second private key is encrypted according to the public key;
• decrypting the second private key according to the first private key;
• retrieving a plurality of encrypted data;
• and
• decrypting the plurality of encrypted data according to the decrypted second private key.

A method for encrypted resource access by managed applications, comprising:

• generating a security certificate comprising a public key and a private key;
• storing the public key in a shared segment of a memory store;
• retrieving a signed version of the public key from the shared segment of the memory store;
• retrieving a plurality of resources encrypted according to the public key;
• and
• decrypting the plurality of encrypted resources according to the private key.